The Board has decided that the Veteran's bilateral shoulder disability may be related to her service-connected TMJ disorder, but needs further examination and opinion from a clinician regarding whether it is caused by in-service training or aggravated by TMJ.
The deciding factor: The decision requires an examination to determine if the Veteran’s bilateral shoulder condition is at least as likely as not related to her service-connected TMJ disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20001703
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for Parkinson's disease, emphysema, muscle cramps, bilateral shoulder disability, and neck disability. However, it granted service connection for peripheral vascular disease and asthma.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple disabilities, including bilateral wrist, ankle, foot, shoulder, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, lumbosacral spine, and carpal tunnel syndrome, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to active service.
- Dismissed
The appeal concerning the issues of entitlement to service connection for a right knee disability, a bilateral shoulder disability, hematuria, and a neck disability, and increased ratings for hemorrhoids and a left abdomen scar is dismissed.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including fatigue, bilateral eye disability, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, GERD, penile condition, left foot disability, and others. Some claims were remanded for further development.
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